Turn off the automatic playback function of Windows XP

By default, once the CD is inserted into the CD-ROM drive, or when the flash drive or mobile hard disk is plugged in, the auto-play function of Windows XP reads the drive and displays a dialog box asking you to choose whether to open it. Among them, video, audio, and image files. Sometimes, this automatic feature can cause you a lot of trouble, if you want to turn off this feature, come with me.

First, the property is set law

If you want to turn off a single mobile storage device "Auto Play" feature, the steps are as follows:

1, click the "Start → I computer ";

2, in" removable storage device ", right-click on the desired device, such as a digital camera or a CD-ROM drive, and then click the" properties ";
< BR> 3. Click the “AutoPlay” tab, click “Multimedia content to be changed”, then select the “Select an action to execute” check button, and then click “Do not perform operation”. Repeat this step for other multimedia types and finally "OK."

For removable storage devices other than optical drives, it must appear under "My Computer"'s "Mobile Storage Device" when connected to a computer.

Second, Group Policy Act

all at once if you want to disable the Windows XP AutoPlay feature, then please follow the steps below:

1, click the "Start →Run, in the Open box, type gpedit.msc, click the OK button to open the Group Policy window;

2. Local Computer Policy in the left pane , expand "computer configuration → Administrative templates → system", and then in the right pane of the "settings" heading, double-click "Turn off autoplay";

3, click the "settings" tab, select " The "Reset" button is enabled, then click "All Drives" in the "Close AutoPlay" box, click the "OK" button, and finally close the "Group Policy" window.

This "Close AutoPlay" setting also exists in "User Configuration". However, the settings in Computer Configuration take precedence over the settings in User Configuration. It should be noted that the "Turn off AutoPlay" setting does not prevent automatic playback of music CDs. To prevent automatic playback of music CDs, you only have to use the "Property Settings" method.